Oct 10, 2013 - Sale 2324

Sale 2324 - Lot 318

Price Realized: $ 2,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(TRAVEL.) Davis, Robert. The Canadian Farmer's Travels in the United States of America, in which Remarks are Made on the Arbitrary Colonial Policy Practised in Canada. 12mo, stitched; minor wear to title page, small hole in leaf 7:3, minor foxing; inked monogram stamp on title page, modern bookplate on verso of title. Buffalo, NY, 1837

Additional Details

Davis reports on his travels in Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana, with the intention of comparing life under the royal yoke with "the happy effects of the liberal institutions and astonishing enterprise of the United States." Howes D133 ("aa"); Severance, Buffalo page 578; TPL 2053. 5 copies in WorldCat, none known at auction.